Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The qualification for the 1972 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to sixteens teams: the host, seven teams from the world championships, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.

Qualification summary QualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified Host nation 26 April 1966 Rome 1 1970 World Championship 26 February – 8 March 1970 7 Asian qualification tournament 13–29 November 1971 1 American qualification tournament 2–6 February 1972 Elkhart 1 European qualification tournament 15–25 March 1972 5 African qualification tournament 25–31 March 1972 Tunis 1 Total 16

Legend for qualification type Qualified KeyFromToWorld Championship Olympic TournamentWorld Championship Qualification Tournament

Host country

World Championship

Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Asian qualification tournament

American qualification tournament

European qualification tournament

African qualification tournament

References